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Timeline of Bed and Mattress History by Nađa Nenezić is a document available to read on EtoBox.
What is Timeline of Bed and Mattress History about?
The document summarizes the evolution of beds and mattresses throughout human history. It describes the oldest known mattress dating back 77,000 years in South Africa that consisted of layered plant material mats. For prehistoric nomadic people around 8,000 BC, beds were piles of leaves or grass in depressions in the ground. Ancient Egyptians around 3000 BC invented the raised bed to keep sleepers off the ground away from insects.
- Author
- Nađa Nenezić
- Language
- EN